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Velmaine Ruth Solomon

Birth	:	18 Jun 1919 Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	13 Mar 1980 Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.8497009, -95.5156021
Description	:	Velmaine Solomon died Thursday, March 13, 1980, at Hiawatha Community Hospital. Miss Solomon was the meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Hiawatha. For the past 21 years she had provided the daily weather report for the front page of the Daily World. Virginia Regier, Advertising Manager for The Daily World, said Friday morning, "Velmaine was a sincere person who was well liked. She would help out anyone if she were asked. She was a lovely person." Miss Solomon began weather watching in 1957, when her father, C. H. Solomon passed away. Mr. Solomon was the first meteorologist for the National... Read More	Velmaine Solomon died Thursday, March 13, 1980, at Hiawatha Community Hospital. Miss Solomon was the meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Hiawatha. For the past 21 years she had provided the daily weather report for the front page of the Daily World. Virginia Regier, Advertising Manager for The Daily World, said Friday morning, "Velmaine was a sincere person who was well liked. She would help out anyone if she were asked. She was a lovely person." Miss Solomon began weather watching in 1957, when her father, C. H. Solomon passed away. Mr. Solomon was the first meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Hiawatha. He began weather watching in 1939. After her father's death, Miss Solomon and her mother continued his work. Miss Solomon's mother died in 1976. Velmaine continued the work alone after that. In 1978 Miss Solomon won the John Campanius Award. The award was created by the National Weather Service in 1959 and is presented to honor outstanding volunteer weather observers. The award is named after John Campanius, a Lutheran minister who was the first person known to have taken systematic weather observations in the American colonies. Miss Solomon said in 1978 that she enjoyed her work, although it was often thankless and there was no pay for the work. Miss Solomon was 60 years of age and lived at 206 Kickapoo Street. She had been a patient at Hiawatha Community Hospital since March 4. She was born in Hiawatha on June 18, 1919, the daughter of Charles H. and Clarissa Solomon and had been a life resident of Hiawatha. Upon graduating from Hiawatha High School, she started working as a switchboard operator for the United Telephone Company of Hiawatha. That was in July of 1944. She received her 35 year service award in 1979. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hiawatha, a member of the Communications Workers Assn., and a member of societies within the church. Survivors include two uncles, James Solomon of Magalia, Calif., and George Solomon of Hiawatha, and a cousin, Mrs. Rebecca Prater of Hiawatha. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Casselman-Meek Funeral Home with the Rev. Phyllis Garrett and the Rev. Guy B. Casey officiating. Interment will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha. ——The Hiawatha Daily World (Hiawatha, KS) ————Friday, March 14, 1980, p.1.

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Velmaine Ruth Solomon's memorial is located at: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown County, USA.
When did Velmaine Ruth Solomon death?
Velmaine Ruth Solomon death on 13 Mar 1980 in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.8497009
Longitude: -95.5156021

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Charles Henry Solomon

(1895 - 1957)

Clarissa Ruth Denison Solomon

(1896 - 1976)

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Coordinate: 39.8497009, -95.5156021

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